CD Projekt managed to reach an agreement with investors on the settlement of a class action lawsuit related to the problematic release of Cyberpunk 2077. They will waive all claims against the company and members of the management board, and in return will receive compensation in the amount of $ 1.85 million.CD Projekt announced this in a new report on its official website.

Swedish Embracer Group is preparing for another major purchase. The company has announced plans to acquire Asmodee, a French publisher of board games and video games based on them. If the negotiations are successful, the Embracer Group will become the largest gaming group in Europe.

We continue to summarize the results of 2021 together with top managers and experts of the gaming industry (and related ones). Next up is an interview with Dmitry Terekhin, the founder of Nekki.

GSC Game World* announced a partnership with the platform DMarket to create their own metaverse. In the upcoming shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl**, NFTs will be introduced, and token holders can become NPCs within the game itself.

We continue to summarize the results of 2021 together with top managers and experts of the gaming industry (and related ones). Next up is an interview with Robert Bagratuni, the head of Mundfish.

The Finnish company Supercell has decided to go beyond mobile. She announced that she is launching a new studio in North America. This division will deal with games, including for PC and consoles.

A mobile studio with Russian roots Donut Lab participated in a new round of financing. She received $ 2.3 million from investors, which she will spend on the further development of the cartoon shooter Kids vs Zombies.

The other day, Peter Molyneux announced the Legacy blockchain game. Nothing is really known about the project yet, but the possibility of buying virtual land in the form of NFT has already attracted the first customers. In three days, Molineux Studio 22cans managed to sell digital plots worth £40 million ($53 million).What is Legacy?

Sony intends to improve its relationship with indie developers. According to the results of a survey for PlayStation partners, the company plans to fix a number of obvious problems of its platform. We are talking about slow communication, low findability of games and opacity of work processes.What prompted Sony to respond to the problems?

The Australian Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (IGEA) has summed up the results of 2021. She estimated that over the current year, game studios in Australia have earned a total of $161.6 million*. The developers received the vast majority of this amount from abroad.

Wanted: middle- or senior-level game balancer at MYTONA, narrative designer at Perfect Play and support manager at HEAPP GAMES.

SocialPeta analysts named the best game advertisers on the mobile market by the number of creatives published in November. In total, they have prepared three lists: in addition to the general rating of advertisers, there are also two tops with only new products (separately for iOS and Android).

According to gaming expert Simon Carless, the number of copies sold and the revenue of the game on Steam can be roughly calculated based on the number of user reviews. It turned out that in October, only 1.5% of the total number of new releases sold over 40,000 copies in the first seven days.Carless shared his thoughts in the latest issue of his newsletter.

We continue to summarize the results of 2021 together with top managers and experts of the gaming industry (and related ones). Next up is an interview with Alexander Enin, head of IT Territory.

We continue to summarize the results of 2021 together with top managers and experts of the gaming industry (and related ones). Next up is an interview with Timur Galyamov, head of game production at the publishing house Super.com .

Roblox has been criticized more than once for exploiting teenagers. However, the internal economy of the popular platform hides much more tricks for young users. The People Make Games channel talked about the black market of cosmetic items and explained in detail why the Roblox trading platform resembles gambling and the stock market.

In November, the earnings of the US gaming market decreased. NPD Group analysts found out that over the last fall month, Americans spent $6.3 billion on video games, hardware and accessories — 10% less than a year ago.

There is more for one investment fund specializing in games. The venture company C2 Ventures and the blockchain platform Gala Games have opened their own fund for $ 100 million. The money will be invested in blockchain projects.

The other day on App2Top.ru there was a live broadcast with Anton Vinogradov, co—founder of the Samustai studio, which is engaged in porting indie titles to the console and publishing them. We talked in detail about the process of transferring games, optimization and the difficulties of working with different platforms. They also touched upon business processes, including revenue distribution, features of console marketing and sales.